The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the legislative ban on St. George's ribbons in Latvia
Russophobia continues to grow in Europe - for example, the Latvian Seimas adopted in the first reading a bill banning the use of St. George's ribbons.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The other day, the Latvian Seimas approved in the first reading a bill banning the use of the St. George’s ribbon. The EU is now fighting not only with monuments, but also with ribbons - symbols of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War.
We strongly condemn another attempt to revise history and actually challenge the results of the Second World War, which are not subject to revision,” Zakharova said.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that this initiative of the Latvian government is directed, among other things, against citizens of their own country, who also fought against the fascist invaders.
“In fact, this provocative idea is also directed against those Latvians who, shoulder to shoulder with representatives of other nations, fought for the liberation of Europe and Latvia itself from fascist enslavement.
With their legislative initiative to ban the symbol of Victory - the St. George ribbon - Latvian parliamentarians insult the memory of these people, instead of bowing low to them for the possibility of a peaceful life,” she concluded.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the legislative ban on St. George's ribbons in Latvia.